Big Bend news briefs

Leon County deputies say a man shot another man in the arm Tuesday afternoon after one man threatened to have his dog attack the other. Ross Mathews said he was going to have his dog attack 42-year-old Michael Johnson during an argument in the 25000 block of Thunder Road in Southwest Tallahassee. The argument continued as Mathews got a handgun from a nearby shed and fired a shot that hit Johnson in the upper arm, said Lt. James McQuaig, spokesman for the Leon County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies arrived about 2:52 p.m. Johnson was taken to Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare and later released. Mathews now faces charges of attempted murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Third man arrested in connection to North Florida Fairgrounds fatal shooting

A 20-year-old Tallahassee man was booked into Leon County Jail Tuesday on first-degree and attempted murder charges in the fatal shooting near the North Florida fairgrounds in November. Christopher Simmons is the third person to be arrested in the shooting, which killed 16-year-old Chadric Anderson and injured a 14-year-old boy. Calvin Riley, 20, and Trevon Dennis, 19, face the same charges. All three were in a blue car driving down Paul Russell Road in the early morning hours of Nov. 16. Dennis is said to have fired the shots from the backseat while Riley drove and Simmons sat in the front passenger seat, court documents said. Police arrested Dennis in late April and Riley in January. All three are in the Leon County Jail.